1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
3. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Little Desert Loop, heading W.
6. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
7. 400 ftTurn right onto Old road to Little Desert, heading SW.
8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Nashoba Trail (yellow), heading NW.
9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail, heading SW.
10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
11. 0.4 miPass NARA Park Beach.
12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
13. 0.1 miReach Nara Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
15. 1 miTurn right onto Marsh Trail - yellow diamond, heading NW.
16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old road to Little Desert, heading N.
17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
18. 400 ftBear left onto Little Desert Loop, heading N.
19. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
21. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
22. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nara-park-beach-fishing-pond-out-back-3-beaches-8-km